The care of a member of the family suffering from cancer and with a high degree of dependence in daily life activities is becoming a real challenge for many families. The main caregivers, family-integrated co-responsible members, face a series of stressing events due to changes which occur in their lives. It is highly important to analyze the experiences of these caregivers since there are existential aspects t...
The objective of the study was to understand how users with cancer perceive the performance of professionals of the Family Health Strategy teams (the family health program of the Brazilian Ministry of Health). A descriptive study of a qualitative nature was conducted in a city in the northwest of the state of Paraná. The data were collected by means of semi-structured interviews with nine users with cancer regi...
This study is aimed at characterizing the deaths caused by malignant neoplasias in children and adolescents living in the state of Paraná, Brazil between 2001 and 2010. It is a quantitative, descriptive, transversal study, based on secondary data, obtained through the data processing department of the Sistema Único de Saúde from July to December, 2012. The following variables were analyzed: gender, age, race an...
We aimed to comprehend the meaning of being a caregiver, the responsibility to assist a dependent family member with cancer. A phenomenological heideggerian study conducted with 17 family caregivers through interviews. Ethical precepts were respected. The following theme emerged from the analysis: “Unveiling the temporality to live with cancer at home”. The caregiver recalled his strength of being and maintaini...
This study is aimed at characterizing the deaths caused by malignant neoplasias in children and adolescents living in the state of Paraná, Brazil between 2001 and 2010. It is a quantitative, descriptive, transversal study, based on secondary data, obtained through the data processing department of the Sistema Único de Saúde from July to December, 2012. The following variables were analyzed: gender, age, race an...
Objetivou-se caracterizar os óbitos por neoplasias malignas de crianças e adolescentes residentes no Estado do Paraná entre os anos de 2001 e 2010. Estudo quantitativo, descritivo, transversal, baseado em dados secundários dos Sistemas de Informação de Mortalidade e Morbidade Hospitalar do Departamento de Informática do Sistema Único de Saúde, realizado de julho a dezembro de 2012. Foram analisadas as variáveis...